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6:53 DEMO Excerpts from FOREVER STRONG, a Tribute to the USS Indianapolis
#1103 in 33:17 Music, Audio Production, Film Direction & Narrative by
© STEPHEN MELILLO IGNA 30 July 1945-2015
The story is written in Blood by those Lost at Sea, and the Survivors of the USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35
Dedicated to the Souls, Survived & Sacrificed of the USS INDIANAPOLIS CA-35
Press Release during the 70th Reunion:
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Painting by Irene Krauß
Images for visual version provided by:
The National Archives
Families & Friends of THE USS INDIANAPOLIS
Family of Commander Mochitsura Hashimoto
Post WWII Survivor Photographs by © Andrew Fritzinger, 2007-2014
VisaREEL™ and PHOTO®hythm are registered trademarks & processes of STEPHEN MELILLO/STORMWORKS®
Stella by Starlight from “The Uninvited” © Victor Young 1944
Bell Bottom Trousers, WWII Radio Excerpts, appear courtesy of The Miller Nichols Library Marr Sound Archives of the University of Missouri-Kansas City
Eternal Father, Strong to Save, Hymn by William Whiting 1860, Music by John B. Dykes 181
Sung by Adelmo Guidarelli
arranged for Orchestra by © Stephen Melillo IGNA 30 July 2014
“Most Holy Spirit! Who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
For those in peril on the sea!”
FOREVER STRONG, a Salute March to the USS INDIANAPOLIS
Music & Lyrics by © STEPHEN MELILLO
IGNA 30 MAY 2014, recorded January 2015
Rendered by The Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy, Peter Kleine Schaars, Conductor
& The San Diego Jewish Men’s Choir, Ruth Weber, Conductor
Tenor
Bernardo Bicas
Shaun Edelstein
William Koepcke
Doron Peisic
David Zilberberg
Steven Brozinsky
Morris Gold
Milton Krasner
Aubrey Meyerowitz
Abraham Romanowsky
Jacob Schwartz
Ivan Strashoon
Bass
David Gmach
Grant Parlett
Albert E. Schafer
Simcha Silverstein
Dan Weiss
Mark Zickel
Moris Breziner
Brian Castle
Bernard L. Frankel
Stephen Markowitz
Matt Meis
Ivan Mendelsohn
Ivan “Jack” Cohen
Barry Broomberg
Cast off the lines
Grant us Godspeed to the oceans
With a Purpose that is just
Facing the foe
With the cutting bow of Freedom
And with a Sailor’s constant Navy pride
Ours is the Fight
That has filled the Hearts of many,
Those who sailed for Freedom’s cause
FOREVER STRONG
We will fight our nation’s battles
USS INDIANAPOLIS!
Hoist up the sails
Let us venture out for Freedom
Making way through calm and storm
Wind at our backs
Let us stand as stalwart shipmates
USS INDIANAPOLIS!
(Eternal Father)
Hear us when we cry to thee
For those in peril on the sea
FOREVER STRONG
With the cutting bow of Freedom
USS INDIANAPOLIS!
ANCHORS AWEIGH MY BOYS!
USS INDIANAPOLIS!…
Ever Strong!
Special Thanks to the Musicians of
The San Diego Jewish Men’s Choir
The Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy
The Rundfunk Blasorchester Leipzig
The Stormworks Symphony Orchestra
Adelmo Guidarelli
Music conducted by
Peter Kleine Schaars
Ruth Weber
Stephen Melillo
To the families of those Lost at Sea, to the Survivors of the USS Indianapolis CA-35, to their families, friends and all who support them, and to those currently serving in the Defense of Freedom, the USS Indianapolis CA-35 and 880 of her crew never did physically return to the Golden Gate... the one here that is. In Heaven and in our Hearts, the ship and her crew will always be coming home to loving, waiting arms.
With that Message in that Purpose, this work is lovingly offered.
THANK YOU... Godspeed! Stephen Melillo
